[Bug 258686] Re: feature-request: variable substitution on miscellaneous files

[Colin Watson]

This was implemented in debhelper 8.9.12; you need to use compat level
9.  You may like to use the dh-exec helper package.

** Changed in: debhelper (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  feature-request: variable substitution on miscellaneous files

Status in “debhelper” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debhelper

  this is not a bug but rather a feature request.

  it would be nice if debhelper offered the possibility to do variable substitution on a list of files.
  it seems like currently only the control file gets this feature, and i see no good reason for this limitation.

  in fact for packages where you have a need to set a version number in a maintainer script you have to resort to sed.
  i realize that this can be done somewhat compact in ~8 lines or so of semi-ugly shell code, but i still think this would be a useful feature for other people.

  forward to upstream if you like.

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